Playa Palacios

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Playa Palacios, in debate with fellow "The Colonial Gang" host James Macmanus
(Credit: Sky One / Sci-Fi Channel)

"One of the last legitimate journalists in the universe", Playa Palacios was a veteran columnist with the Picon Star Tribune prior to the Cylon Attack on the 12 Colonies.

Originally dispatched to cover the ceremonies surrounding the decommissioning of the Battlestar Galactica, she is now a co-host of the new wireless current affairs programme, The Colonial Gang, working alongside fellow legitimate journalists James Macmanus and Sekou Hamilton.

During the formation of the interim Quorum of Twelve by President Laura Roslin, she is quite taken by Dr. Gaius Baltar, and gains an "exclusive" with him when Roslin asks Baltar to be her nomination for Vice President, to stand against Tom Zarek (Colonial Day).

On The Colonial Gang, Palacios is something of a firm supporter of Laura Roslin, standing in the face of James Macmanus' sometimes vitriolic condemnation of Roslin's time in office.

Fitting her role as "one of the last legitimate journalists in the universe", Playa sit's "first-chair" in the press conference with Commander Adama (Home) and also recieves "first question" following the Commander's statement(certainly an honor for reporters). This is probably due to Playa Palacios's listenership/readership throughout the fleet. Sekou Hamilton, who also appears on the Colonial Gang and in the press conference in (Home), is seated behind Playa in the press briefing room. This probably signifies that he is not as popular in the fleet-wide media.

Played by: Christina Schild

Notes

Christina Schild plays the role of Playa Kohn in the episodes Litmus, Six Degrees of Separation and Flesh and Bone. It is not clear with the characters are designed to be separate individuals, the result of a simple name-change within the script, or the surname "Kohn" being her maiden or married name.

Re-imagined Series definition: Colonial equivalent of radio

Re-imagined Series definition: in military parlance, directive to continue the attack; otherwise used to refer to journalists ^{(TRS: "Maelstrom")}